Creating a blog - general information

Begin
Be sure to have a Gmail account
From email click on Google Apps

 

Blogger
In Google Apps scroll down to find Blogger

Select New blog

 Here is the PDF of the rest of the instructions

Creating a blog lesson

Many people think that making and having their own place on the Internet is difficult. It is not. I am going to create a series of videos and postings showing how it is easy to create your own online space. First we are going to create a blog.

One of the aims of this blog is to share my knowledge of ICT. Hoping that we do this together.

Lesson instructions below

A blog is a place where you can put your diary, lessons, your learners’ homework, get comments from parents and learners, etc. It is a place to express yourself to the world.

It is a quick and easy way to get your own place on the Internet.

Instructions

1. Create a blog with Google Blogger with postings, images, links to other places, and gadgets/widgets.
2. Must be about communicating information on your vision and or yourself, a digital CV.
3. Encourage fellow students, friends, or family to add comments anonymously or under their own names so that the blog is a tool for presenting information and collaborating.
4. Have a look at a blog I have worked on - studyopp.blogspot.com
5. Go to YouTube for information on creating/using the features mentioned.
6. Add gadgets/widgets in the layout such as a calendar, the weather, a clock, etc.
7. Add advanced educational JavaScript features - add the link in the posting area of the blog, not the gadget area as there is not enough space.
8. Impress! Have fun!

Tips

• Save all images on your computer and then insert them into a posting - do not do copy/paste from a website.
• Do not leave open empty lines before or after an image.
• Check that hyperlinks used actually work! Links must be to a special place, not to a Google search! If you want me to view the hyperlink, tell me to do so / make it obvious that it is a hyperlink
• Write your posting in Word, check the spelling and grammar, and then copy/paste to the blog, or write it on the blog but use a grammar check such as Grammarly.
• Any weather gadget must display the weather in Cape Town and in Celsius.
• Any poll/survey gadget must work.
• If you show Your Profile in Google+ fill it in / complete it.
• Any feature which requires an image and a large amount of space, should be on the main part of the blog and not as a gadget.

Assessment

• Has at least 5 postings - 2
• Has at least 3 images that contribute to the content/meaning of the posting where it is found - 2
• Has at least 3 working hyperlinks in postings, to pages that contribute to the content/meaning of the posting where it is found - 2
• Has at least 3 working gadgets - 2
• Have at least 3 comments from anonymous or individual persons - 2
• All material is free from spelling and grammar errors - 3
• All content is uplifting, i.e. would be suitable for your CV (nothing on religion, sex or politics) - 3
• Blog looks good. (Pictures are a suitable size. Font is readable and all postings use same font. Layout is ‘right’.) - 3
• Extra features, with worth - 3 marks each - 6

Total  25

Reasons for having a blog

•  A blog gives one an online presence 
• A blog is a place where one can share information, ideas, and expertise
• A blog can develop into an online community for individuals and institutions, via Comments
• A blog is a place where one can receive comments on your information
• A blog can easily be updated

• In comparison to Facebook, a blog has more easily accessible information over which one has control
• In comparison to Facebook, it is easier to access older posts on a blog as they are permanent

When one has a blog with Blogger one has control of one's work and it is not likely to be deleted or modified.